In a message dated 4/20/2002 5:08:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time, OHLORAIN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << Researchers, Lately, have had a few new people express their disappointment because their ancestors are not found in the 1880 soundex. Lets review for a moment. Only the families with children ages 10 and under were included in the Soundex. So the Soundex is somewhat limited in that regard. However, the OGS 1880 census project (took from 1981 to 1991 complete), has indexed EVERY head of household, plus anyone in the house with a different last name and any persons older than the head of household; plus all those in an institution. >> Hi Nancy, I was disappointed to find that my William Powell family that was in the 1880 Soundex with children under 10 Census of Gallia County, Ohio was not to be found in the regular 1880 Census that I bought with that in mind. I looked at the 1880 Soundex with children under 10 at the National Archives in Washington, DC. I also could not find my Ireland Family in the regular 1880 Census for Nebraska but they were in the 1880 Soundex with children under 10. All in all I struck out with the 1880 Census for my records. Tom Powell